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Simon McCleave
129 ratings 4.33 ·
mystery · thriller · adult · crime · fiction · book · law-enforcement · police-procedural · female-mc · murder · whodunit · political-intrigue · noir · kidnapping · serial-killers · hard-boiled · psychological · conspiracies · organized-crime · justice
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Robin Stevens
189 ratings 4.27 ·
historical-fiction · law-enforcement · murder · fiction · middle-grade · children · young-adult · action-adventure · crime · mystery · friendship · boarding-school · historical · children-books · book · whodunit · audiobook · killer · female-author · cozy
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Holly Jackson
179 ratings 4.24 ·
book · thriller · contemporary · young-adult · fiction · murder · crime · suspense · killer · audiobook · mystery · whodunit · horror · law-enforcement · female-author · realistic · racism · dark · high-school · female-mc
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Louise Penny
685 ratings 4.22 ·
contemporary · suspense · fiction · murder · adult · audiobook · book · crime · cozy · police-procedural · law-enforcement · killer · whodunit · mystery · thriller · female-author · 21st-century · literary-fiction · family · friendship
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Robert Galbraith
225 ratings 4.13 ·
book · contemporary · suspense · action-adventure · audiobook · fiction · mystery · crime · realistic · whodunit · death · law-enforcement · killer · 21st-century · murder · investigator · drama · adult · female-author · thriller
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Jacqueline Winspear
488 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · law-enforcement · mystery · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · cozy · book · 20th-century · female-mc · war · adult · suspense · crime · violent-conflict · female-author · murder · whodunit · action-adventure · investigator
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Dorothy L. Sayers
506 ratings 4.04 ·- Lord Peter Wimsey Series Collection Dorothy L Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh 4 Books Set by Dorothy L. Sayers
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fiction · adult · classics · literary · mystery · historical-fiction · 20th-century · historical · crime · law-enforcement · murder · female-author · golden-age-mystery · whodunit · cozy · audiobook · amateur-sleuth · book · thriller · suspense
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Julia Spencer-Fleming
176 ratings 4.03 ·
contemporary · book · religion · female-mc · fiction · mystery · adult · law-enforcement · police-procedural · spirituality · suspense · murder · crime · killer · cozy · audiobook · action-adventure · whodunit · small-town · amateur-sleuth
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Anne Hillerman
118 ratings 4.03 ·
indigenous-mc · fiction · law-enforcement · police-procedural · book · adult · mystery · audiobook · poc-mc · suspense · crime · western · murder · action-adventure · female-author · killer · historical-fiction · whodunit · contemporary · family
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Tony Hillerman
446 ratings 4.02 ·
fiction · mystery · western · indigenous-mc · adult · crime · law-enforcement · audiobook · poc-mc · book · murder · police-procedural · suspense · historical-fiction · killer · 20th-century · action-adventure · whodunit · contemporary · cozy
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Maxine Paetro
724 ratings 4.01 ·
book · audiobook · fiction · mystery · crime · suspense · law-enforcement · murder · killer · thriller · action-adventure · contemporary · adult · drama · female-mc · police-procedural · womens-fiction · friendship · whodunit · legal
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Jane Harper
176 ratings 3.97 ·
book · suspense · fiction · murder · mystery · adult · crime · drama · contemporary · family · whodunit · law-enforcement · killer · death · audiobook · psychological · female-author · thriller · journey · literary-fiction
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Alan Bradley
329 ratings 3.97 ·
historical-fiction · law-enforcement · fiction · murder · suspense · action-adventure · historical · cozy · crime · mystery · whodunit · audiobook · killer · children · young-adult · thriller · humor · book · 20th-century · female-mc
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Laurie R. King
733 ratings 3.97 ·
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · audiobook · suspense · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · book · historical · female-author · action-adventure · female-mc · murder · whodunit · cozy · thriller · 20th-century · retellings · victorian
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Sue Grafton
749 ratings 3.91 ·
contemporary · suspense · female-mc · investigator · murder · mystery · fiction · thriller · adult · crime · law-enforcement · audiobook · cozy · book · female-author · killer · action-adventure · whodunit · drama · womens-fiction
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Donna Leon
620 ratings 3.90 ·
law-enforcement · mystery · book · adult · fiction · audiobook · police-procedural · crime · contemporary · murder · killer · thriller · suspense · female-author · whodunit · cozy · hard-boiled · historical-fiction · family · urban
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Josephine Tey
165 ratings 3.90 ·
historical · historical-fiction · adult · female-author · fiction · mystery · book · audiobook · law-enforcement · crime · murder · golden-age-mystery · 20th-century · literary · classics · cozy · police-procedural · thriller · suspense · whodunit
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Karen M. McManus
266 ratings 3.88 ·
fiction · mystery · killer · murder · contemporary · young-adult · crime · friendship · audiobook · suspense · high-school · book · law-enforcement · thriller · realistic · whodunit · multi-pov · family · horror · coming-of-age
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Tana French
331 ratings 3.88 ·
crime · literary-fiction · thriller · mystery · book · fiction · audiobook · law-enforcement · suspense · contemporary · drama · 21st-century · death · realistic · adult · female-author · murder · psychological · dark · killer
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Ngaio Marsh
438 ratings 3.87 ·
cozy · audiobook · law-enforcement · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · literary · classics · police-procedural · murder · golden-age-mystery · book · whodunit · 20th-century · historical · female-author · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · humor
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Lilian Jackson Braun
591 ratings 3.85 ·
cats · animals · fiction · mystery · cozy · murder · adult · crime · law-enforcement · contemporary · humor · amateur-sleuth · female-author · audiobook · paranormal · killer · anthropomorphism · whodunit · book · suspense
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Diane Mott Davidson
348 ratings 3.83 ·
suspense · book · whodunit · audiobook · cozy · killer · crime · amateur-sleuth · womens-fiction · culinary · humor · fiction · murder · mystery · female-mc · adult · contemporary · law-enforcement · female-author · colorado
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P.D. James
576 ratings 3.81 ·
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · suspense · female-author · law-enforcement · audiobook · thriller · murder · killer · whodunit · book · 20th-century · cozy · contemporary · police-procedural · literary · classics · literary-fiction
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Hugh Fraser
121 ratings 3.75 ·
fiction · adult · classics · literary · mystery · crime · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · murder · law-enforcement · killer · cozy · anthologies · whodunit · 20th-century · female-author · thriller · suspense · golden-age-mystery
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Joanne Fluke
698 ratings 3.73 ·
mystery · fiction · female-mc · adult · cozy · culinary · audiobook · contemporary · murder · book · womens-fiction · crime · humor · amateur-sleuth · killer · whodunit · suspense · animals · law-enforcement · small-town
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Penelope Keith
122 ratings 3.72 ·
adult · crime · killer · female-author · amateur-sleuth · whodunit · fiction · humor · murder · mystery · female-mc · cozy · audiobook · book · death · law-enforcement · contemporary · investigator · drama · action-adventure
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